Word: popes
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...Dylan is feeling forever young this morning, who could blame him? His Grammy for "Time Out of Mind" capped a strange year for the folk-rock legend: He suffered a life-threatening heart virus, met the pope, performed the world over and was honored at the Kennedy Center. Last night's award for album of the year was his first Grammy since 1979, when he was cited for his born-again Christian-themed song, "Gotta Serve Somebody." Dylan never received a Grammy in the 1960s -- the peak of his creative influence. This year's album is considered his most acclaimed...
Americans elected a President, not a Pope. Everybody should just leave the man alone and let him do his job! DAVID GRIMES Conway...
...moon had exploded, the stock market had crashed and Saddam Hussein had assassinated Castro and kidnapped the Pope, nobody would be aware of it. The domination of the news by the Clinton scandal was total. Maybe special prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Lewinsky's pal Linda Tripp will finally satisfy Americans' insatiable thirst for titillation and dirt. The name Tripp will surely live in infamy and replace Brutus as the archetypal betrayer. NORMAN GRONWOLD Norcross, Minn...
AFTERMATH OF THE POPE'S VISIT...
When he returned to the Vatican after his triumphant visit to Cuba [WORLD, Feb. 2], Pope John Paul II likened his pilgrimage to his first trip back to his native Poland. We can only hope the Cubans who have endured communism for 39 years will eventually experience the same positive results the Poles did. If history repeats itself and Cuba follows the example of Poland, Castro's evil empire will also fall. STEPHEN HILLEY Fort Lauderdale...